#89: Bob Backlund vs Masakatsu Funaki | Newborn UWF

About this episode

Gator and Eric discuss the latest wrestling news and analyze the match between Bob Backlund and Masakatsu Funaki.

Greetings, fellow wrestling fans! Gator and Eric return for another week of wrestling action to discuss! We got into the latest pay cut rumors in WWE via TKO, and also made our Backlash picks for this weekend's PLE. We also talked about some of the latest happenings in AEW. Our feature match of the week is Bob Backlund vs Funaki Masakatsu from Newborn UWF! We hope you enjoy! Links: Match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1VLMCscGgE&t=1s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suplexstudies Twitter/X: https://x.com/suplexstudies TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@suplexstudies?_t=ZP-8xBfspC6e5P&_r=1 Eric's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/croyts.wrath Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ZbzcfR3Wj/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4HmqGHQWpgouh3eghBVXUp?si=VrPQ7ATNQey07lOsF-Awpg Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/suplex-studies/id1755342813 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/241f129b-f445-4009-945d-8819e6682560/suplex-studies

People in this episode

Hosts: Gator, Eric

Topics covered

• wrestling
• WWE
• AEW
• Bob Backlund
• Masakatsu Funaki
• pay cut rumors
• Backlash

Keywords

• wrestling
• Bob Backlund
• Masakatsu Funaki
• WWE
• AEW
• Backlash
• Newborn UWF

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WWE, AEW, Newborn UWF

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